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Posted by Ignoramus32544 on March 3, 2008, 11:19 am
We have a 25 year old house and the windows leave much to be
desired. They let some cold air in and are a pain to work on (need to
pull out little pins to slide them, a real PITA.
So we have started looking at replacing them with something
better. Any suggestions? We are looking mostly for crank operated
ones.
Has anyone did any windows replacements recently?
I would hire a contractor, but wanted to get a feel of what is good
and bad, first.
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Posted by DerbyDad03 on March 3, 2008, 11:28 am
On Mar 3, 11:19=A0am, Ignoramus32544 <ignoramus32...@NOSPAM.
32544.invalid> wrote:
> We have a 25 year old house and the windows leave much to be
> desired. They let some cold air in and are a pain to work on (need to
> pull out little pins to slide them, a real PITA.
>
> So we have started looking at replacing them with something
> better. Any suggestions? We are=A0looking mostly for crank operated
> ones.
>
> Has anyone did any windows replacements recently?
>
> I would hire a contractor, but wanted to get a feel of what is good
> and bad, first.
>
> i
Along with all the great information you'll get in this group, you
might want to take a look here:
http://www.vinyl-replacement-windows.com/forum/
I learned a number of very important things at that site, many of
which I put to use when I installed my replacement windows last fall.
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Posted by dadiOH on March 3, 2008, 3:32 pm
Ignoramus32544 wrote:
> We have a 25 year old house and the windows leave much to be
> desired. They let some cold air in and are a pain to work on (need
> to pull out little pins to slide them, a real PITA.
>
> So we have started looking at replacing them with something
> better. Any suggestions? We are looking mostly for crank operated
> ones.
Just some FYI...
Two choices I can think of...casement or awning/hopper windows. Well,
there are jalousie windows but they aren't suitable anywhere it gets
cold.
Casements are hinged vertically, will open 90 degrees. Awning/hopper
windows open the same but are hinged horizontally. Awning windows
open by the bottom swinging up, hopper panes open by the top swinging
downward.
Personally, I like awning windows as they generally can be left open
when it rains. Additionally - since the opening panes are smaller -
they need less room outside than do casements.
Both types are generally more expensive from a given manufacturer than
the same manufacturer's sliding or single or double hung windows.
Any require internal screens - as opposed to external - else the
window can't open if screens are used.
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Posted by Ignoramus30307 on March 4, 2008, 1:54 pm
> On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:19:46 -0600, Ignoramus32544
>
>>We have a 25 year old house and the windows leave much to be
>>desired.
>
> Don't say that to Bill Gates :)
> (even if it is true)......
I personally do not use Bill Gates' Windows...
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Posted by ransley on March 6, 2008, 7:24 pm
On Mar 3, 10:19=A0am, Ignoramus32544 <ignoramus32...@NOSPAM.
32544.invalid> wrote:
> We have a 25 year old house and the windows leave much to be
> desired. They let some cold air in and are a pain to work on (need to
> pull out little pins to slide them, a real PITA.
>
> So we have started looking at replacing them with something
> better. Any suggestions? We are=A0looking mostly for crank operated
> ones.
>
> Has anyone did any windows replacements recently?
>
> I would hire a contractor, but wanted to get a feel of what is good
> and bad, first.
>
> i
Loewen has the highest R value ive seen R7+ , most are R3.3 or so.
Pellas condense sooner than Anderson. You need to learn test ratings
and review manufacturers if you want to save on utilities. U and R
value, shg, cdf, air infiltration ratings etc. Very important is the
installer as it is easy to get no warranty ever, from a poor window
installer installing them more than 1/8" out of Plumb, Level or
Square, it happened to me.
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